# Accident 19780729024819A: Gulstm G164A, Ellensburg, WA, July 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1978
- Place: Ellensburg, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 47.0001° N, 120.5495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ellensburg, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0001&lon=-120.5495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48432, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48432-1980-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-164B (registry code 3952703, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-164b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G164A
- Reported engine: PWA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 858 total, 180 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78DYP43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYP43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780729024819A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BLOWER DRIVE GR ASSY MALFUNTIONED. TOO LOW ALT TO RECOVER FROM ST

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA78DYP43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYP43), Jul 29, 1978: Grumman G-164B (N48432), Ellensburg, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N48432 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800518017689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800518017689A), May 18, 1980: Gulstm G164B (N48432), Cle Elum, WA, Destroyed. Ag airplane struck wires while surveying field to be sprayed.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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